Stream of Consciousness notes on Identity session
AUDIO STREAM: http://barcamp.org/f/ID-barcamp_08_26_2006.ogg
Who are experts? No clear leaders
Topics:
Anonymity
Reputation
Verify / Authorization / Authentication
Openness
Control - User content
Passport
SXIP
Yaddis
Lots of People/Companies doing Identity ...
Who is in control?
Who are the Stakeholders?
Lid - openID (six apart)
What is an open ID system? Who is working on them?
Who is the Dick on my site?
- user@domain login system
- posting over your identity
- central concern: Amazon and Netflicks both know all this stuff, and each have different systems.
- Amazon owns it, not the person
How do people get control of their own identity?
Isn't this just email addresses?
- problems with anonymity
Exchange of information is SEPARATE from authorization and authentication
Different orthogonal issues: what are they?
- authentication - verify who you are who you are
- data sharing: exchange, profiles / buddy lists
- control / access rights / authorization,complementary
- who wants what? the big player vs small players
Where is the problem?
identity theft
sockpuppets
defacto lock-in (business)
desire to share
Gmail account -> easy login to all Google services...
Technical Structural barriers -
if we replace technical barriers with convenience barriers, no big win.
Microsoft not playing fair to allow true data portability (Word formats).
OpenID?
Two options: hold data yourself or trust a third party
Gator.com - ???
7 laws of Identity
http://www.identityblog.com/?page_id=352/#lawsofiden_topic3
Concept of an identity provider:
a big central organization is a bad idea
anyone can be a provider
How do you build trust on top of OpenID
Various level of trust at different locations.
Infocard from Microsoft. Another open ID system
Corporate distrust.
Yaddis adopting different ID providers, ranked - a market in identity systems.
single sign on possibe ...
pushing the ID control back to the individual.
Having single signon, control by the user.
Liberty Commons - Jan 2005 presentation.
Middleman between identity providers
ACTIONS?
Easy or convenient technologies
Solving small defined problems
AN INDIVIDUAL can solve a problem. Do it.